PILOT PROJECTS

We are in the process of establishing five pilot projects that will run throughout 2018. The pilots are for us to verify the effectiveness of our CAFE filter, and help develop the local social enterprise model across different geographies.

Brazil has around one-fifth of the world’s water reserves according to the World Bank, but that doesn’t mean the country is managing its supplies in a sustainable manner. As a rapidly developing middle-income country, Brazil has a vast population and industrial base to match – but much of its industry is dependent on water. For example, the country is the second largest exporter of food in the world, and agriculture needs a lot of water!

Land-use changes, deforestation, water pollution, population growth, and large swathes of rural areas mean that managing water infrastructures and ensuring quality is very difficult.

We will be working in conjunction with a number of Brazilian and British partners on a pilot project that will analyse how best to deliver clean and safe drinking water.

Kenya has a population of ca. 46million and almost half of its population (41%) have to use ‘unimproved’ water sources such as ponds and unprotected wells (have a look at this link from the WHO if you want to find out more about their definitions of improved and unimproved water sources and sanitation facilities).

The lack of clean and safe and affordable drinking water is acutely felt by the poorest people in the country, many of whom live in rural areas and slum areas of cities.

We will be working with a community group that we have connections with to test our social enterprise model and its effectiveness in delivering long-term wholesome water.

India is the second most populous countries in the world – it has over 1.3 billion people! And although there is a lot of wealth there is also a lot of extreme poverty. Couple this with naturally-occurring arsenic in the groundwater, huge levels of industrial and agricultural pollution, population growth, poor sanitation and waste management, and an increasing demand for water there is a perfect storm for a water crisis on a huge scale.

We are working with partners in the Ganges region of India to pilot our CAFE filter and social enterprise model to see if Clean Water Wave can have a long-lasting impact for communities across India.

You might not think of Scotland as a country that needs our technology, but over 150,000 people in Scotland rely on a private water supply. The reliance on springs, lochs, and rivers in rural areas across Scotland means the potential for exposure to E. coli and other bacteria, as well as metals, in drinking water supplies.

In addition to removing metals and bacteria from water, we are also interested to see if our technology can remove pharmaceutical chemicals and other toxic substances that cause numerous health problems, including endocrine disruption.